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STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Gail Singh and Shannon Anderson with new Nothin’ Fancy co-owners Francis
“Frankie” Eason III (beside Singh) and Jerry Peel Jr. (seated) during a farewell
party at the restaurant for Singh and Anderson held recently. Peer and Eason
are the former owners of Frankie’s Hertford Cafe in Hertford, which closed in
2005 after a 13-year run.
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is one of the issues the com
mission must consider.
McCann said he’s certi
fied to appraise property in
more than two dozen states,
including North Carolina.
McCann said he visited
the area on July 13 and
toured the Apex site as well
as the site for the project
known as Amazon Wind
Farms East. It straddles
Perquimans and Pasquo
tank counties, and features
more than 100 wind tur
bines.
The Apex project is simi
lar in size, but the turbine
height may be taller. Tim
bermill would cover hun
dreds of acres in western
New Owners
Perquimans and eastern
Chowan counties. Most of
the property is owned by
Weyerhaeuser, a timber
company.
If Timbermill is allowed
to move forward, Apex of
ficials say it would gener
ate about $250,000 a year in
Perquimans County taxes.
Timbermill would also gen
Z Minzies Creek
Sanitary District
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erate lease revenue to the
property owners, including
some farmers, who are part
of the project.
Opponents say it would
ruin the rural nature of the
Bear Swamp area, lower
property values and create
heath issues because things
like “shadow flicker” and
noise.
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timate for moving the house
without knowing where we
were moving it to and the
people we talked to said
it would be almost impos
sible.”
The church also contact
ed Preservation North Caro
lina, a group that tries to put
together buyers for historic
homes but no one was inter
ested, Hurst said.
So Hurst said the group
worked with Governor’s An
tiques Ltd., a Richmond, Va,
company to save what older
things that could be saved,
including the wood floors.
The group spent six weeks
at the site. Some of the sid
ing was also salvaged.
But Hurst said there
wasn’t that much historic
things left. At one point the
windows in the back were
stained glass. Those had
long been replaced. The
plaster walls were replaced
with drywall. Even some of
the wood was not original to
the house.
FIST BUMP
Redeemable at Henford Savings Bank. No eviration.
Area residents were up-
set with the decision.
“Neighbors begged the
church not to destroy it,
to no avail,” said Melanie
James, a Front Street resi
dent. “The church indisput
ably had the right to tear it
down. However, having the
right to do something does
not mean one should do
that thing.”
Erin Hazen, who lives
next door to the demolished
home, said the demolition is
a loss to the entire town.
“Through group efforts
over countless months, we
failed to save a grand home
so structurally sound the
salvagers couldn’t even take
all they wanted from her.
Designed after the St. Lou
is World’s Fair, the “Buck
House” was a stately wel
come to the history of our
charming town. In her last
moments, we shall collec
tively weep for her loss, our
loss, Hertford’s loss.”
Hurst estimates it could
take two days to haul away
all the debris. Once that’s
done, the plan is to put grav
el down, then dirt and plant
grass seed.
“When it’s finished, it will
look like a yard, but it will
be parkable,” Hurst said.
“We can use it for parking
and kids can play on it.”
Hertford UMC has roots
dating back to 1822. It ac
quired property on Dobbs
and Covent Garden in 1833
to build a one-story build
ing to house the original 28
members.
A second building was
built in 1855 and in 1901
the present sanctuary was
built.
A new Sunday school
building was built in the late
1920s and in 1962 construc
tion started on the educa
tion building.
The problem, Hurst said,
is there was no more room
to grow. The church owns
three lots on Dobbs Street,
including a parking lot, but
it’s far away from the actual
church.
“The problem with any
downtown church is its life
span without expansion,
and for us that was impos
sible. We were completely
landlocked.”
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